Bonecrusher (G1)

The name or term "Bonecrusher" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Bonecrusher (disambiguation).

Bonecrusher is a Decepticon Constructicon from the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Bonecrusher finds beauty in rubble-strewn wastelands and longs to transform pretty much any location he happens across into one. Moreover, he makes demolition into a wild performance art. He loves to show off his destructive talents for his fellow Decepticons. Deep down, his destruction is really a perfectionism that cannot tolerate anything that he views as flawed, which includes the Autobots. Megatron values the fear and destruction Bonecrusher creates as much as the resources harvested in his wake. Now if he could just refrain from destroying buildings the Decepticons actually need...

Bonecrusher combines with his fellow Constructicons to form Devastator.

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Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Neil Ross (English), Keiichi Nanba (Japanese), Show Hayami (Japanese, "The Core"), Yoku Shioya (Japanese, "The Autobot Run", 2010), Toshio Ishii (Japanese, The Movie) , Roberto Alexander (Latin American), Peter Bertram (German, The Autobot Run) Bernd Simon (German, Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1), Christoph Lindert (German, Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5), Reinhard Brock (German, Carnage in C-Minor), Thomas Albus (German, The Movie TV Dub & Generation 2 Dub)

Millions of years ago on Cybertron, Bonecrusher and the Constructicons built Megatron. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4 At the time Megatron was building his army, they had also constructed Crystal City and were friends with Omega Supreme. Megatron, wanting their constructicons skills on his side, reprogrammed them to serve him using the Robo-Smasher. The Secret of Omega Supreme

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Megatron built Bonecrusher, who, with his fellow Constructicons, would attempt to deal with Teletraan I, only to be thwarted by the Dinobots. Bonecrusher would then reveal the Constructicons' ability to combine by forming Devastator, which was blasted by Optimus Prime into lava. Heavy Metal War Bonecrusher and the other Constructicons would later appear in New York City, bringing down the Empire State Building and then re-erecting it as a Cybertronian fortress. City of Steel He later helped build the Transfixatron. Before a second Constructicon device could be used to destroy the powerless Autobots stuck in vehicle mode, they were rescued and Bonecrusher and the other Constructicons were defeated by the Transfixatron. The Autobot Run While trying to dig to the Earth's core, Bonecrusher got a dominator disc stuck on him so that when he helped form Devastator, the combiner was brought under Autobot control. After Devastator sealed the Decepticons in a tunnel and helped rebuild some of the Autobot base, Megatron then revealed he knew of the Autobot plan to take control of the Constructicons, and deactivated the disks. After a fight for control, Bonecrusher, as Devastator, goes berserk. After a joint Autobot/Decepticon effort, Devastator was brought under Decepticon control and helped to save the day. The Core

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Bonecrusher, led by Scrapper, convinced Hoist and Grapple that they wanted to aid the two Autobots in a construction project to build a solar tower. (It went poorly at first, and Bonecrusher offering to offline the two Autobots did not help.) While building the tower, they explained to Megatron (at gunpoint) that they were still loyal to him, and once the tower was built, they would turn it over to him. Once the tower is complete, they did just that. ...Then he and the other Constructicons, as Devastator, wrecked it. The Master Builders He was later owned by the Autobots. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2 Still later, he met with his old friend Omega Supreme, who wasn't very happy. The Secret of Omega Supreme Even later, he helped build a pointless maze. Triple Takeover Even more later, as part of Devastator, he was owned by Bruticus. Starscream's Brigade

Present at the Battle of Autobot City, Bonecrusher helped to breach the Autobot defenses as part of Devastator, who withstood an Autobot attack. After a second attack by the Dinobots, Bonecrusher was not seen again until the confrontation on Astrotrain over who should lead the Decepticons. (And who should be thrown out of the shuttle.) Though Rumble and Frenzy prevented Devastator from proving his superiority, Bonecrusher and the other Constructicons made it back to Cybertron and were present for Starscream's coronation as Decepticon leader. After a fanfare and the death of Starscream at the hands (or cannon) of Galvatron, Bonecrusher and his fellow surviving Decepticons joined in the hunt for the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. The Transformers: The Movie

Bonecrusher’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series “Transformers: The Animated Movie” and the storybook “Transformers the Movie."

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Bonecrusher and the Constructicons later built Trypticon out of a human city. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4 They later constructed a giant set of engines on a comet, intent of sending it crashing into Metroplex. When the Autobots arrived to stop them, he commanded the Constructicons to form Devastator, who was then blasted to his components by Perceptor. Maybe they had to have the right person giving orders. Carnage in C-Minor The Constructicons later participated in a Decepticon attack on Paradron, Fight or Flee and then another one on Cybertron. The Rebirth, Part 1

Japanese cartoon continuity

The events of the American animated series occur in Japanese continuity as noted above, except that the events of Season 3, which took place in 2006 in America, were moved back to 2010, and "The Rebirth" does not occur.

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers manga

Bonecrusher and the other Constructicons started constructing Trypticon on a small island paradise, destroying the flora and fauna in the process. When the Autobots found out, they sent Superion to put a stop to them, and the Constructicons responded by forming Devastator. Unfortunately, the newly activated Trypticon, who wanted the challenge of fighting Superion by himself, grabbed Devastator and threw him into the ocean. After all was said and done, the Autobots put Bonecrusher and the rest of the Constructicons to work, restoring the island to its former natural splendor. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6

The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers manga

In the year 2010, Bonecrusher participated in a Decepticon attack on the planet Feminia. He and his team merged into Devastator in order to battle alongside Bruticus and Menasor against their Autobot counterparts Superion, Defensor and Omega Supreme. The fight was fairly evenly matched until Galvatron called up his ace-in-the-hole, Predaking, whose power was unmatched by any of the Autobots... except for the Omnibots, who essentially tied Predaking's shoelaces together until he fell over, straight into Devastator and his chums, sending them all toppling to the ground and knocking them to bits. The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5

Bonecrusher only appears as a component of Devastator

Scramble City: Mobilization

When the Decepticons learned of the Scramble City project being secretly assembled by the Autobots, Megatron sent his henchmen to interfere with their work. The Constructicons joined Starscream and his flying partners in an attack on the Autobots. Optimus Prime and a task force of Autobots held their position until Bonecrusher and the Constructicons inevitably joined forces into Devastator. The Aerialbots gave Devastator a good whippin', though, and the Decepticons retreated. Scramble City: Mobilization

The Headmasters cartoon

Bonecrusher and the Constructicons were stationed on Earth in 2011, under the command of Sixshot. They attempted to prevent Ultra Magnus from sending reinforcements to Cybertron to help the Autobots fend off Galvatron's siege on Vector Sigma. Bonecrusher and his squad were ganging up on the Trainbots until Metroplex arrived and shooed them off with his superior firepower. Having failed to stop the Autobot reinforcements from departing, the Constructicons followed them to Cybertron. As Devastator, they tried to shoot Superion in the back, but Optimus Prime foiled their aim, making them hit Abominus instead. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky Devastator was involved in a combiner shootout on Cybertron until the Battleship Maximus arrived and annihilated the Decepticon combiners. The Mystery of Planet Master

Bonecrusher and the Constructicons were guarding the Decepticon space bridge on Earth, but failed miserably when Twincast single-handedly fought them off and stole a ride on the bridge. The Great Cassette Operation

Zone OVA, manga and story pages

Seeking to create a Decepticon Zone to counter the Autobot Zone, Decepticon Emperor Violen Jiger gathered together the Nine Great Demon Generals, upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Bonecrusher was among those summoned, but only in the form of Devastator. Zone Part 1 Transformers: Zone Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!

Transformers Legends comic

After Megatron traveled to the Legends Universe, Waspinator recapped his backstory to the local Megatron, starting with his creation at the hands of Bonecrusher and the other Constructicons. Bonus Edition Vol. 13

Wings Universe

Wings Universe is based on the Generation 1 cartoon, but deviates from it in cosmetic ways and continuity points.

Bonecrusher was part of Hook's team when Megatron ordered the creation of Devastator. Battle Lines, Part 5 During the third Cybertronian war, the Constructicons were ambushed at Elevation Recostalus by a group of Autobots including Hauler and Erector, who disabled them before they could form Devastator. The group remained offline until 1984, when Megatron rebuilt them on Earth. Transformers I.Q. last issue review

During the Battle of Autobot City, Devastator was blasted apart by Ultra Magnus's team. Bonecrusher and the other Constructicons began pursuing the Autobots, gunning down Red Alert in the process. A Flash Forward

Marvel Comics continuity

Marvel The Transformers comics

Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.

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Shortly after assuming control of the Decepticons, Shockwave raided a Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant in order to co-opt its construction facilities for his own purposes. Using the purloined power of his prisoner, Optimus Prime, Shockwave fed energy from the Creation Matrix into the brain modules of his new creations — Bonecrusher and the Constructicons. Their first mission was to work with Soundwave and convert a human radio-telescope into a broadcasting antenna for contacting their homeworld of Cybertron. The Constructicons paused at a local truck stop to salvage the trucks and other machinery to use as raw materials in their project, earning them the wrath of the mighty Bomber Bill, trucker extraordinaire. At the site of the radio-telescope, the Constructicons began their work: Bonecrusher contributed to the DE-struction part of the project, smashing the trucks into pieces so that his more artistically-inclined partners could re-engineer them as necessary. As Bomber Bill arrived with a cavalry of Autobots, Soundwave instructed the Constructicons to combine into the mighty Devastator and crush the opposition. Devastator's limited processing ability kept him from efficiently targeting multiple opponents, however, giving Bomber Bill and Huffer a chance to damage the antenna. Soundwave and the Constructicons were forced into a retreat. The Next Best Thing to Being There!

Bonecrusher and his comrades spent the next several months working on their gestalt coordination, refining Devastator to act as a smooth (if slow) killing machine. Their next mission was to capture the human known as Buster Witwicky, who had come to Shockwave's attention. They found him attending a demolition derby in Oregon, and Bonecrusher quickly remarked that "this looks like my sort'a place!" Their kidnapping attempt was interrupted by Buster's human friends, Ironhide and the Autobots. Faced with the enemy, Bonecrusher and the Constructicons combined into Devastator once more, and fought off the Autobots while Soundwave performed a mind-scan on Buster. After uncovering some valuable information, Soundwave called off the attack, and the Constructicons returned to base. Devastation Derby!

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The next Decepticon base of operations was a coal strip mine in the Powder River Basin of eastern Wyoming, chosen rather ad hoc when Megatron raided the location and then began squatting there after driving off the Autobots and American military. Shockwave summoned the Constructicons to fortify their position more strategically, and the Decepticon engineers installed a ring of defensive weapons and barriers around the rim of the basin. They also lent their strength as Devastator to the defenses, and drove off an Autobot strike unit soon after arriving in Wyoming. Command Performances!

Bonecrusher and the Constructicons remained available for the Decepticon cause. On one occasion, they battled the Dinobots alongside Megatron and Soundwave. Bonecrusher and Long Haul double-teamed Sludge, and eventually brought him down with sheer firepower. As he was celebrating his victory, however, Bonecrusher was blindsided by the mechanoid known as Centurion, and sent flying. The tide of battle turned, and the Decepticons soon abandoned their skirmish with the Dinobots. In the National Interest On another occasion, the future Decepticon known as Galvatron forced Bonecrusher and the Constructicons into building a massive energy cannon for his plans. Target: 2006

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Bonecrusher and the other Constructicons were called upon to defend the Decepticons' base in the Florida Keys from a joint attack by G.I. Joe, Cobra, and the Autobots. Forming Devastator once again, they brawled with Superion until a blast from Superion's rifle caused a malfunction in Devastator's coupling links and he broke up into his components. ...All Fall Down!

Sometime later, after Ratbat assumed command of the Decepticons, he had the Constructicons raid a building site in downtown Atlanta, Georgia for raw materials such as girders. Toy Soldiers! Later, when the Decepticons staged an all-out attack on the Autobots of the Ark and Steelhaven, who had landed on the moon to settle a personal dispute. While the majority of the Decepticon forces kept the Autobots busy with mayhem and carnage, Bonecrusher led the Constructicons in a raid on the Ark itself, recovering the deactivated bodies of several of their fellow Decepticons, captured months earlier while battling Omega Supreme. Totaled!

Marvel Generation 2 comic

Bonecrusher was with the Decepticons when Bludgeon led an assault on the planet Earth, in an attempt to draw out Optimus Prime, and so naturally he fell back under Megatron's control when the old Decepticon commander took over. The Gathering Darkness

When the Cybertronian Empire killed some of their fellow Decepticons, Bonecrusher was red with anger during Megatron's rallying address. New Dawn

He was seen later helping to construct the trenches and shield barriers to use against the Swarm. A Rage in Heaven!

Classics

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Marvel Storybooks continuity

Under the guise of the Global Corporation, Bonecrusher and his fellow Constructicons created sophisticated buildings all around the world. Within each building, however, was hidden a mechanism that would trap underground all within the structure. When the scheme was put into motion and the Autobots responded with an attack, Bonecrusher and his fellow Contructicons merged to become The Devastator. Though in this form, the Constructicons were able to overpower the Autobots, that changed when the Dinobots arrived. After Swoop had butchered the rest of the Constructicons, Bonecrusher was fused into a helpless mess with Long Haul by Grapple's welder rifle. Battle for Earth

As Devastator, Bonecrusher and the other Constructicons stumbled upon Sunstreaker admiring his reflection in the wilderness, and managed to capture the vain Autobot. The group revealed their individual components to their prisoner once he was safely locked up within Decepticon headquarters. They rejoined forces to combat an Autobot rescue party that attempted to storm Decepticon base, and captured Slag, Sludge and Sideswipe as well, putting them in Sunstreaker's cell. Pleased with the development, Megatron informed Hook that he would be charged in rebuilding the captured Autobots as Decepticons. Bonecrusher interjected, hoping to be the one to be allowed to destroy the Autobts prior to their reconstruction. The two Constructicons began to squabble, prompting Megatron to break up the fight by promising them each an Autobot to destroy. The opportunity never came, however, as the Constructicons were once more prompted to combine into Devastator to contemplate an Autobot peace offering; a life-sized statue of the gestalt! The peace offering turned out to be an Autobot ruse, and reinforcement burst forth from within the statue. The Autobots forced Devastator to break up into his component pieces by thoroughly dividing his attention, and so Bonecrusher joined the fight against the Autobots as an individual. The Decepticons ultimately lost the battle to the Autobots. The Autobots' Secret Weapon

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When the Decepticons learned that the Autobots had long ago lost a large shipment of Energon cubes at the Ark's original crash site, Galvatron ordered them to head to Mt. St. Hillary to uncover it. There, Bonecrusher and Scrapper used their alternate modes to dig up the site. As usual, Bonecrusher wound up buried in his own rubble. When the Autobots inevitably showed themselves, Bonecrusher joined the other Decepticons in fighting them. The brawl ended when Starscream scarfed down all of the Energon, and proceeded to pick a fight with Galvatron. The Lost Treasure of Cybertron

Autobot Alert!

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In one possible scenario, the Constructicons were responsible for building the Decepticons’ command centre in the evil robots’ latest plot of taking over the Earth. They also were responsible for stocking Astrotrain with explosives and weapons before the Decepticon shuttle launched into space to further sabotage Earth’s satellites.

In a different possible scenario, the Constructicons joined Galvatron on his campaign to retrieve an ancient cybertite sphere containing the secret of an ancient Autobot power-booster. Discovering that the sphere was within a sunken ship off the California coast, the Constructicons merged into Devastator in order to retrieve it. Autobot Alert!

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Events from The Transformers Trilogy novels are in italics.

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Nine million years ago, Bonecrusher and the Constructicons helped Megatron create his world engine under Iacon, the means by which he would turn all of Cybertron into a mobile juggernaut, bringing his tyrannical message of "peace" to the galaxy at large. The War Within #5 Construction was interrupted by Grimlock and his commando unit, however, and the engine was disabled. The War Within #6

During the war, the Constructicons discovered a new means of transformation and combination, turning themselves into the awesome and terrifying Devastator. The technology was appropriated by the Autobots, and soon a half-dozen or so titanic combiners were in action on both sides. Their destructive potential proved to be too much for Cybertron's fragile mantle to handle, and so by the time of the Dark Ages the Crisis Intervention Accord set down new rules of warfare, prohibiting the combiner teams from operating together on any faction. They could remain an unaligned unit or join separate factions, but the risk of combiner warfare was too great. Unfortunately, Bonecrusher and the Constructicons eventually broke that agreement, allying themselves and Devastator with Ratbat's Ultracon faction. Escalation Their resulting battle with the unaligned Defensor devastated the Tagan Heights region of Cybertron, and very nearly triggered a chain reaction that would have destroyed the entire planet. Thankfully, the Constructicons were defeated after the Protectobots electrocuted them. Devastation

Although they were apparently not part of the original crew of the Nemesis, the Constructicons somehow became involved in the Autobot / Decepticon skirmish on Earth in the 1980s. Like the other Decepticons, they were captured and detained by the Autobots after roughly a decade of war, and would have been transported back to Cybertron if not for the sabotage of the Ark II. Bonecrusher and many other Decepticons were taken in by the human mercenary Lazarus, who attempted to reprogram their deactivated forms into remote-controlled weapons of mass destruction. He failed. Megatron regained control of his senses in 2002, and reawakened the Decepticons under Lazarus' dominion. Prime Directive #4 Combined as Devastator, Bonecrusher and the Constructicons caused significant damage to the city of San Francisco before being brought down by Optimus Prime himself. Prime Directive #5

After being repaired over the following months, Bonecrusher and the Constructicons were among the first Decepticons to swear fealty to Starscream after Megatron vanished in Tokyo in a flash of light. Merged as Devastator, they helped him declare his intentions in a desert battle with Sideswipe and the Air Force, and then moved on to Las Vegas. Starscream's plan was to convince Sin City's population to willingly accept him and the Decepticons as their new lords and masters. As part of the deception, he declared anyone not interested in his new order was free to leave the city, although the wily Decepticon cautioned that he could not protect them from anything they encountered beyond those limits. Bonecrusher was stationed at the city limits to terrorize anyone who attempted to flee, using cloaking technology and sleight-of-hand tricks to convince exiting motorists that the Constructicon was protecting them from some unseen but deadly force. Bonecrusher's tricks successfully convinced Paul and Janie Whitmore to turn back to Las Vegas, spreading word of the dangers they faced and the "aid" the Decepticon gave them.

When Grimlock, Prowl and Bumblebee invaded the city with a small military unit, the Constructicons came out to greet them. Bonecrusher was the first to battle Bumblebee and Prowl, and was infuriated when they made "left arm" jokes at his expense (apparently he's sensitive about being Devastator's southpaw). His cezium steel armor enabled Bonecrusher to stand up to the punishment both Autobots were dishing out, and the Constructicon was little more than dazed after Prowl expended his entire ammunition storage on Bonecrusher. Although he was eventually weakened by their combined assault, Bonecrusher held his own against both Autobots long enough for his fellow Constructicons to reach the site of the battle. Unfortunately for the Decepticons, Grimlock arrived just then as well. The Constructicons were forced to retreat before the Dinobot and his secret army of human-piloted assault helicopters. Bonecrusher's injuries were significant enough that Devastator's left arm appeared limp and nearly useless in another battle a few hours later. Hardwired

Megatron eventually returned to Earth, but Bonecrusher and the Constructicons owed Starscream for reconstructing them, and so remained loyal to him when the Decepticons split into two factions. Of course, this only meant they were among the first to be captured by the Keepers when those aliens took over Las Vegas and turned Starscream into their puppet. Trapped behind an impenetrable force dome, Bonecrusher and the Constructicons attempted to batter their way out as Devastator using sheer brute force, until Skywarp offered a better idea. Reconverting into their separate modes, the Constructicons dug a tunnel out beneath the force field, enabling Starscream's faction to join the final battle against the Keepers. Acting as Devastator, they were too far away from Optimus Prime and his Matrix-induced force shield when the American nuclear assault was dropped on the Keepers, and were blasted into pieces. Annihilation

The nuclear blast left Devastator fused into his singular robot mode, leaving him unable to split back into Bonecrusher and his other components. Eventually, Devastator fell into the Void along with Omega Sentinel in the final conflict with the Keepers, and was left in stasis lock, drifting in the vacuum of space, after the Sentinel destroyed the Keepers' power source and shattered the Void back into real space-time. The starship Bounty, on a secret space mission from Earth, came across Devastator's remains and planned to tow him back to Earth. Fusion

The pieces of Bonecrusher and the Constructicons fell under the control of Earth Defense Command, and were held in their Roswell facility for study. Generation 1 #0

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The ruthless terrorist organization known as Cobra dug dozens of Autobots and Decepticons out of their four-million-year resting place and began rebuilding them into a Cobra-controlled army. However, with Wheeljack and Bumblebee's help, the mind-controlled Transformers were awakened, including Bonecrusher and the other Constructicons. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3

While eager to get back at their former captors, the Constructicons were ordered by Soundwave to protect the SPS Satellite controls from the Autobots and G.I. Joes that were assaulting Cobra Island. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4 Upon arriving at the frontlines, Bonecrusher merged with his team, and Devastator managed to kill Hound before he was overwhelmed by the attackers and had his Bonecrusher arm blown off at the shoulder. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5

The Beast Within

During an all-out Decepticon offensive against the Autobots, Bonecrusher and his fellow Constructicons Long Haul, Mixmaster and Hook ganged up on Sideswipe. He and his fellow Constructicons were blown away by an explosion. Then, Bonecrusher joined with the other Constructicons to form Devastator in order to combat The Beast, the Dinobots’ combined form. The Beast Within

IDW Generation 1 continuity

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After Ratbat and the Senate began discontinuing all manual labor opportunities on Cybertron, automating the work formerly performed by Cybertronians, Bonecrusher and his construction crew found themselves out of a job. Searching for new challenges, these "Constructicons" hooked up with Megatron and the underground pit-fighting ring in Kaon. Since the combat was illegal, the gladiators could not operate out of a single arena at a set location: too much risk of being raided. Instead, the Constructicons were commissioned to create a new arena before each fight at a randomly chosen location. Using a combination of demolition, material fabrication, and surgically-skilled construction engineering, Bonecrusher and the Constructicons would convert any and all scrap available into into a new arena for the gladiators and crowd to occupy. Megatron Origin #2 They also worked behind the scenes at the arena, repairing and upgrading damaged fighters. Megatron Origin #3 When Megatron's insurrection began, Bonecrusher and Mixmaster headed into the streets of Kaon to kill any opposition. Megatron Origin #4

When Megatron joined forces with Orion Pax's troops to overthrow Zeta Prime, Bonecrusher participated in their combined assault on the Citadel. Overthrown After Megatron's betrayal of Orion, the Constructions watched Orion, now Optimus Prime, broadcast a message asking the people of Cybertron to help him fight the Decepticons. Broadcast As the war began in earnest between the Autobots and Decepticons, the Constructicons remained loyal followers of Megatron. At one point they were stationed on Varas Centralus alongside Swindle and Sky-Byte, where they committed some atrocity that was enough to cause Sky-Byte to abandon the Decepticon cause. A Better Tomorrow

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In the modern era, Bonecrusher and his fellow Constructicons were summoned to Earth to assist Megatron in the conquest of the wretched little mudball. Having recently gained the ability to combine, the Constructicons made short work of the Autobot unit stationed on Earth. All Hail Megatron #7 Afterwards, the Decepticons attacked New York City, where Bonecrusher got to murder lots of confused humans. All Hail Megatron #1 As part of Devastator, he also helped cut the city off from the rest of the world by wrecking the underground tunnels leading to it. All Hail Megatron #2 Once the city was conquered, Bonecrusher was the only Constructicon seen listening to Megatron's victory speech. All Hail Megatron #4 Along with the rest of the Constructicons, Bonecrusher allied himself with Starscream when he tried to take leadership of the Decepticons. As Devastator, the Constructicons attacked Megatron, but failed to kill him due to the arrival of human jets. All Hail Megatron #10 Devastator fought the humans until the Autobots suddenly returned to the planet, at which point he duked it out with Omega Supreme instead. All Hail Megatron #11 The Constructicons lost the battle when Omega Supreme blasted a big hole in Devastator's chest. All Hail Megatron #12

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Megatron would later use space bridge technology built into in his new body to summon Bonecrusher and the rest of the Decepticons to him on Cybertron. To battle the Autobots, Bonecrusher and the other Constructions combined into Devastator, but were defeated since the combiner's right leg was paralyzed due to combining with a dead Scrapper. They were soon mind-controlled by D-Void (via Galvatron) into combining with Galvatron's Sweep army and forming a huge monster. Kings Following the blasting apart of the monstrosity by Megatron and D-Void's defeat, the weakened Decepticons, including Bonecrusher, were taken captive by the Autobots, who kept them under control by planting explosive I/D chips in their heads. The Autonomy Lesson

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Bonecrusher was in on Ratbat's plan to turn the tables on the Autobots. The World & Everything in It When Ratbat was then mysteriously found dead, the Decepticons suspected foul play. Regardless, Bonecrusher and some other Constructicons helped the Autobots dig out victims of a mysterious explosion on Cybertron's surface. Stick Together Bonecrusher later labored in a Decepticon factory before joining forces with Bombshell, who was being chased by Prowl. The Constructicons beat up Blurr and fought with Arcee until Prowl showed up, threatening to detonate their I/D chips. They just taunted him since Ratbat had disabled their chips, but Prowl used a secret passcode to override the disabling, killing all the Constructicons... Devisive

...or so it seemed. In actual fact, Bombshell was controlling Prowl using a cerebro-shell, and recovered the Constructicons to the Black Room, where they were fully repaired and rebuilt according to Megatron's plan to form a new, modular version of Devastator, with the still-controlled Prowl as the first head. Before the Dawn After Bombshell was killed by Arcee, Devastator shut down briefly, before going on an uncontrolled rampage when Prowl bonded with the Constructicons over their shared hatred of Spike Witwicky. This lasted until Ironhide managed to break through to Prowl, meaning he wrestled enough control to cause Devastator to tear off his own head, spontaneously un-combining the gestalt. Shortly afterwards, Megatron attempted to reform the combiner, this time with himself as its head, but the well-timed activation of a stasis field secretly built into the Decepticon leader's spark casing by the late Wheeljack stopped the process in its tracks. Prowl then attempted to arrest the Constructicons, but a revolt from the "NAIL"s and an opportunistic power-grab by Starscream led to the Autobot and Decepticon armies both being thrown out of Iacon instead. Plan for Everything

Impressed by the terrible things they'd seen in Prowl's mind during their combination, the Constructicons joined up with the Autobots in the wilderness and had a brief scuffle with the Dinobots before they explained themselves and were accepted into the Autobot camp. After another scuffle, this time with Arcee, the team put their differences aside to go drinking the Dinobots. Second Exodus

Hearts of Steel

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With his fellow Decepticons, Bonecrusher fell under the thrall of an Elder God in 1888. When Ironhide went to investigate the possessed town of Port Cenotaph, Bonecrusher confronted him and pulled the Autobot over to the Elder God's control. Infestation 2: The Transformers #1 He soon defended the town against an international fleet. The Autobots arrived to deal with the Elder God and Wheeljack, noting that this was where Bonecrusher had been all along, cut him in half. Infestation 2: The Transformers #2

Transformers: All Spark

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Transformers vs. G.I. Joe

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Bonecrusher and the other Constructicons formed Devastator to attack the G.I. Joe starship Defiant, successfully destroying one of its two modules. Devastator was blown back into his components when Wild Bill rammed the other module straight into him. Targetmasters Bonecrusher later participated in the Decepticon/Cobra attack on Metroplex. Everybody Hates Metroplex

Commercial appearances

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• Bonecrusher and his teammates were masquerading as construction vehicles, when they suddenly decided to horrify their human operators by revealing their true nature. As their human drivers bailed out and fled, the team combined into Devastator, who crashed his fists together, creating a surge of energy that crackled all the way through his gigantic body. Constructicons commercial
• Causing chaos at a construction site, the Constructicons merged into Devastator, who created a huge fissure by stabbing a girder into the ground. The Dinobots emerged from the crevasse, and Grimlock seized the combiner's leg with his jaws and threw the combiner aside. Generation Constructicons and Dinobots commercial

Games

3D Battle-Card Game

Bonecrusher serves under Megatron as one of his Decepticon soldiers, battling Optimus Primal's many Autobot allies in what might possibly have been an inter-universe battle. Energon Wars Expansion Set

Transformers Legends

At some point Omega Supreme was friends with the Constructicons, but they had a falling out. The Secret of Omega Supreme

While Megatron kept Optimus busy, Bonecrusher led a Constructicon team to attempt to infiltrate the Autobot base and strike directly at Teletraan I. They mowed through Ironhide's initial attempt at defenses. Heavy Metal War - Part 1 Bonecrusher took part in the battle of Autobot City, but was forced to retreat after Megatron's defeat at the hands of Optimus Prime. The Battle for Autobot City

The Decepticon team took over an asteroid orbiting Earth, however when Omega Supreme got wind of it, he launched a massive attack and Bonecrusher was among the casualties. The Secret of Omega Supreme

Transformers: Devastation

Voice actor: Steve Blum

Transformers: Battle Tactics

Bonecrusher participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him!He appeared in multiple different bodies:

• Bonecrusher — This Epic character was available as a reward for the "Devastator's Demolition" event.
• Generation 2 Bonecusher — This Epic character was available as a reward for the "Devastator's Metal War" event.

Transformers: Battle Tactics

Toys

Generation 1

"You were so busy forcing me into a boner, you forgot you were committing one yourself!"

• Bonecrusher (Constructicon, 1985/1986)
  • Team ID number: 1
  • Japanese ID number: 36
  • Accessories: Laser pistol, Devastator's left fist, "target shooter" projectile launcher, "rotor blade" projectile.

Bonecrusher was originally from Takara's Pre-Transformers Diaclone toyline, as Construction Vehicle Robot No.1 Bulldozer. Bonecrusher transforms into a bright green bulldozer, which can also form an "attack bulldozer" mode by attaching the "target shooter" (loaded with the "rotor blade" projectile) onto the posts on the hood of his vehicle mode.

He can combine with his fellow Constructicons to form Devastator, functioning as the left arm.

On the European continent, Bonecrusher was initially released individually alongside the other Constructicons by Hasbro's subsidiary Milton Bradley (MB) in 1985. In 1986, Bonecrusher and the other Constructicons were re-released in Europe, albeit this time in "Hasbro"-branded packaging (but manufactured by Joustra). The main difference with all other releases thus far was that the Constructicons' main color was now yellow instead of green. These are not to be confused with the later, non-combining yellow European Constructicons, nor with the yellow Generation 2 Constructicons (see below for both).

• More information on Generation 1 Bonecrusher at TFU.info

• Devastator (Giftset, 1985)
  • Japanese ID number: 37

Bonecrusher was also available as part of the Devastator gift set that was available in several markets, including the United States and Japan. Rumors are that an MB-branded Devastator giftset was also released in continental Europe, but thus far no packaged sample has surfaced.

• Constructicon (Constructicon, 1992)
  • Accessories: Laser pistol

Another yellow European exclusive version of Scavenger, in colors very similar to the previous yellow European release. The main difference was that this version, just like the other Constructicons, came with no Devastator parts. This toy was also not officially named, as he came on a standardized card also used by the other Constructicons.

There were two variants of this Bonecrusher: The initial production run had his canopy cast in gray plastic (a color choice unique to this version), whereas the other one had a yellow canopy like the previous European yellow Bonecrusher.

Generation 2

• Bonecrusher (Constructicon, 1993)
  • Team ID number: 1
  • Accessories: Laser pistol, Devastator's left fist, "target shooter" projectile launcher, "rotor blade" projectile.

Redecos of all six Constructicons were released individually as part of the first assortments of Generation 2 products. The first—and seemingly more common—versions were yellow like the previous European release, but had some minor color, deco and tooling differences. In Bonecrusher's case, the purple plastic parts were slightly brighter, the canopy was yellow (like on the first European yellow version and the later variant of the 1992 version), he featured a Generation 2-style Decepticon logo and the word "DECEPTICON" tampographed on the inside of his bulldozer shovel, and—most importantly—like all the Generation 2 Constructicons, Bonecrusher came with the extra parts necessary to form Devastator again.

A later and seemingly less common run changed the yellow plastics to rich orange. It has been rumored that this release was only available in KB Toys stores, but not verified.

• More information on Generation 2 Bonecrusher at TFU.info

Classics

Chortle at Joker's boner

• Constructicon Devastator (Multi-pack, 2007)
  • Accessories: Claw weapon thing, energon star

Bonecrusher is one of the toys included in this Walmart exclusive gift pack, a redeco of the Energon Bonecrusher and Sledge mold. He transforms into a wheeled front-end loader and can form a leg or arm to any Energon-series "Powerlinx Combiner" super robot, though his nominal placement is as the right arm of Devastator.

This sculpt was also used to make Scrapper from the same gift pack.

• More information on Classics Bonecrusher at TFU.info

Encore

Reissued boner. (20A version pictured)

• Devastator (reissue giftset, 2011)
  • ID number: 20
  • Accessories: Laser pistol, Devastator's left fist, "target shooter" projectile launcher, "rotor blade" projectile.

Bonecrusher was reissued in a giftset with his Constructicon teammates as part of TakaraTomy's Encore line. Apparently cast from a newly created mold, given the presence of a Tomy copyright stamp rather than the original Hasbro/Takara one, Bonecrusher features a newly added tab to his arm to hold him together more securely in vehicle mode.

• Devastator (reissue giftset, 2013)
  • ID number: 20A
  • Accessories: Laser pistol, Devastator's left fist, "target shooter" projectile launcher, "rotor blade" projectile.

Bonecrusher was again reissued in a giftset in 2013 as part of TakaraTomy's Encore line, this time in a more 'anime accurate' color scheme. In addition to the mold changes of the 2011 version, Bonecrusher is also a slightly different color and features more cartoon-accurate paint applications on his face. His projectile launcher / Devastator's lower arm is colored black, instead of purple.

Generations

Boner of the year.

• Devastator (gift set, 2015)
  • Accessories: Missile launchers/hands, two-piece gun, chest plate/gun, 2 swords,

Combiner Wars Constructicon Bonecrusher is an all-new Voyager-sized figure that forms Titan Class Devastator's left arm. He's packaged with the other Constructicons in a massive box. This Devastator currently holds the record of being the tallest Combiner toy released to date.

Convention exclusive boner of the year.

• Devastator (gift set, 2015)
  • Accessories: Missile launchers/hands, two-piece gun, chest plate/gun, 2 swords,

A redeco of the above Bonecrusher figure also available as part of a gift set, featuring extensive paint operations and vacuum metallized purple parts. The packaging of this set is designed to evoke both Bonecrusher's shovel and Devastator's head, and its interior is designed to resemble the title image of Devastator on his wiki page.

In the U.S., this set (also referred to as "Devastator Special Edition" in a Hasbro press release) was exclusive to the Hasbro Toy Shop website and the Hasbro Toy Shop booth at San Diego Comic-Con 2015. In Asia, it was also available at Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong 2015 and subsequently stocked by Toys"R"Us Hong Kong. Later, it was also available at The Falcon's Hangar booth at Singapore Toy, Game & Comic Convention 2015.

Unite Warriors

The ultimate boner of the year.

• Devastator (gift set, 2015)
  • Japanese release date: 12-12-2015
  • Japanese ID Number: UW-04
  • Accessories: Missile launchers/hands, two-piece gun, chest plate/gun, 2 swords, 6 rifles

Takara's Bonecrusher, included in the Unite Warriors Devastator set, has some deco changes to better match the G1 cartoon. He also includes his classic handgun. In addition, his knees were also retooled. Instead of them being on ball joints, they are now on a swivel joint connected to a mushroom peg, providing better articulation. This change was also made to Scavenger.

Merchandise

Decoy

• Bonecrusher (Decoy, 1987)

Coming packaged at random on carded Transformers toys during 1987, this is a soft-rubber version of Bonecrusher in his robot mode. He—like all Decepticon Decoys—was available in both purple and red, with the red version being considerably rarer.

• More information on Decoy Bonecrusher at TFU.info

3D Battle-Card Game

Stung by his boner, Joker lashes back!

• "Classic" Bonecrusher (3D Battle-Card, 2007)

A 38-point "rare" character in the 3D Battle-Card Game's "Energon Wars" expansion, Bonecrusher "transforms" into a lime green half-track payloader. He uses the same parts layout as Movie Bonecrusher and Longarm.

The Loyal Subjects

The tiny, but mighty boner!!!

The Loyal Subjects Bonecrusher is a Wave 3 figure with standard articulation. He is clearly based on his original toy, and comes with his classic weapon. Bonecrusher has no special gimmicks. For every 16 figures, there is one Bonecrusher.

Notes

• When Bonecrusher appeared in the commercial for the Generation 2 versions of the Constructicons, he (and the rest of the team) appeared in their Generation 1 color schemes.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Bonecrusher (ボーンクラッシャー Bōnkurasshā)
• French: Sadico
• Hungarian: Csonttörő
• Italian: Scudo ("Shield")
• Portuguese: Esmaga-Ossos (Portugal comic), Esmagador (Brazil comic)
• Russian: Kostolom (Костолом, "Bonecrusher"), Bulldozer (Бульдозер Bul'dozer)
• Chinese: Nianyaji (碾压机, "Bucker")